After Dinner SpeakersRobbie Glen is a Former Prison Governor and leading after-dinner speaker.
Robbie’s wit, timing, and ability to read an audience are incredible. He is one of the funniest after-dinner speakers you’re likely to hear.
His gift for making people laugh surely qualifies him for an entry into the Guinness Book of World Records!
Sired by an Ayrshire man out of a Renfrewshire lady, Robbie Glen was reared in Lanarkshire. He was educated at Hamilton Academy and Strathclyde University. He taught for one year in Blantyre before joining the Prison Service as an Assistant Governor in 1969.
Prison Sentences:
Robbie Glen has served in several senior prison positions. They include:
- Polmont Young Offenders, Longriggend Remand Institution and Edinburgh Prison.
- He was Governor of Castle Huntly Young Offenders Institution.
- Governor of Dungavel Prison, South Lanarkshire.
- Deputy and Acting Governor at Barlinnie Prison, Glasgow.
Robbie also has the pleasure of being Governor of Cornton Vale, Scotland’s only female establishment.
He finally retired from the Scottish Prison Service on September 4, 1996.
“I well remember as President of Lords Taverners learning the hard way that if there was… the governor of a jail on the list of speakers, to speak first”
Sir Terry Wogan
The author William Mcllvaney based his story, The Prisoner, in his book of short stories, The Walking Wounded, on Robbie Glen after he visited him at Dungavel.
Robbie is married with two daughters, the younger of whom is profoundly handicapped. An interesting fact about Robbie is that he developed a walking aid for his daughter with his staff and prisoners in 1981. As a result, the walking aid is now being used in hospitals and schools across Scotland, helping handicapped children to walk.
“Robbie Glen had them rolling in the aisles. This man should carry a government health warning: he is seriously funny”
Cockburn’s Diary – The Sunday Times
Leading After Dinner Speaker:
As a leading after-dinner speaker, Robbie Glen has spoken at hundreds of events worldwide. His list of glowing testimonials from corporate and priviate clients is never-ending!
Furthermore, he has spoken at Variety Club Dinners for Lord Attenborough, Jimmy Logan, and Ally McCoist and a Lord’s Taverners’ tribute Lunch for Sir Harry Secombe.
